Lift Truck Training
For handling materials, there are many types of industries that use powered industrial trucks. In the recycling industry, internal combustion powered forklifts are normally used. Lift truck operation need well trained operators. Training is a requirement in North America, and for a really good reason. A forklift can inflict personal injury or serious damage to property if not operated safely. A loaded forklift could weight three times as much as a motor vehicle. Lift trucks are responsible for a large percentage of industrial accidents, either as the primary or the secondary source of the accident. Reports of fatalities or injuries which involve operators or pedestrians are all too commonplace.
Training Requirement
A training program for operators should be developed and implemented by employers. Additionally, the program should be based on four factors: the general principles of safe truck operation, the kinds of vehicles being used in the workplace, the general safety requirements, according to OSHA and the specific hazards of the workplace. Training includes both formal and practical parts. At the training's completion, operators should pass an assessment showing they have the ability to properly operate a truck. OSHA also requires that powered industrial truck operators must be trained in certain specified topics that is applicable to safely operating a lift truck.